Open Peer Commentary Sussman et al.: Linear correlates in the speech signal
The orderly output constraint is not wearing any clothes
Carol A. Fowler a1a2a3 a1 Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT 06511 a2 Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 a3 Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
fowler@haskins.yale.edu
Abstract
The orderly output constraint (OOC) is extraneous. Talkers
“speak in lines” in its absence. Further, there is no
perceptual motivation for an OOC; perceivers ignore the linearity
between F2 at consonant-vowel onset and F2 in the vowel. In any
case, the analogy with bat and barn owl localization systems
underlying the theory is extreme, Sussman et al.'s
comments to the contrary notwithstanding.
